Horkheimer conceived the Institute as a homogeneous group defined by shared attitudes

Evidence

Life together should find expression in the mutual joys and worries of everyday life, not just in concerns about larger problems. For example, the attitude to the Institute, its work and its associates. Institute, not a firm', not an institution’, but a group with shared attitudes and goals. Necessity of watching out together to see that the core of the Institute remains as homogeneous as possible, great care to be taken in the choice of closer associates. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 435

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: how intellectual institutions police internal homogeneity as a condition of collective critique — the ‘rare eugenics of the spirit’ applied to a critical theory circle.
• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer equated his own theoretical person with the Foundation’s social-theory purpose — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1087; Horkheimer pressed the group toward a total theory of contemporary society. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 19; Horkheimer’s institutional dominance was baked into the Institut’s founding structure — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 109 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer’s institutional dominance was baked into the Institut’s founding structure #corroborates (0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 109